Counselling as a Counselling as a ProfessionProfession

Budapest, 17 May 2011Dr. Szilágyi Klára

WorkWork as a Value as a Value

Over the series of changes in the last century, work was conceived as a value that meant an aim to follow for the entire community and became one of the key elements of establishing one’s existence.

Changes in the perception Changes in the perception of the contents of workof the contents of work

Work as a constraint Work as a means of subsistence Work as a source of joy, an

opportunity for self-realization

Characteristics of Career Characteristics of Career CounsellingCounselling

Interdisciplinary approach practice Complex theoretical bases Social acceptability

Scientific grounds Regulated activity Qualification requirements

Conditions for the Conditions for the development of development of

counsellingcounselling

Individual responsibility for planning and organising one’s career.

Content components: Up-to-date information Recognising the importance of self-

definition Counselling functions as a bridge

between achieving social needs and individual interests.

Individual counselling – Individual counselling – The HThe Hungarian modelungarian model

Determining the client’s needs Clarification Analysis Synthesis Agreement

Group WorkGroup Work

Set-up of structured group work Creating atmosphere Setting goals Processing knowledge Personal gains Preparing the next session

Main types of counsellingMain types of counselling

1. Information provision2. Orientation3. Decision preparation counselling4. Career counselling 5. Career correction counselling6. Self-definition support counselling 7. Career-based and career-knowledge

based counselling8. Placement counselling9. Realization counselling10. Rehabilitation counselling

Recommended types of Recommended types of knowledge processing knowledge processing exercisesexercises Collection Ranking Finishing sentences Analysing videos Representation Perception-based games Role-playing games Creating charts and

systems

Grouping Concept clarification,

definition Comparison Pairing Association game Workplace visit Situational games

Information Programme Information Programme from 2000from 2000

Information Programme Information Programme from 2000from 2000

Internet-based Internet-based programmes - 2010programmes - 2010

Internet-based Internet-based programmesprogrammes

Counsellor TrainingCounsellor Training ProcessProcess

1992 – employment counsellor training in Gödöllő

Bologna Process Andragogy – employment counsellor

specialization (BA) (Gödöllő) Human resource counsellor

specialization (MA) – (Pécs, Győr, Debrecen, Gödöllő)

PhD – pedagogy: counsellor (Budapest)

Complex Contents Complex Contents PresentationPresentation

Basic sciencesEconomics, Psychology, Pedagogy, Law,

Sociology Differentiated knowledge

Information technologies, Counselling theories, Counselling methodology, Labour-market knowledge

Special knowledge Individual counselling, Group counselling,

Conflict management, Problem solving techniques, Learning techniques, Exploration of values

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Szent István Egyetem GödöllőPszichologia.Tanszek@gtk.szie.hu